Word: almshouse
Category: almshouse
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Synonyms: almshouse
eyeglass
Translations: almshouse
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french
Translations:
hospice
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dutch
Translations:
aalmoezeniershuis, armhuis
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russian
Translations:
богадельня
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czech
Translations:
chudobinec
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polish
Translations:
przytułek
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estonian
Translations:
vaestemaja
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croatian
Translations:
ubožnica
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slovak
Translations:
chudobinec
The meaning and "use of": almshouse
noun
- a house built originally by a charitable person or organization for poor people to live in. - Most of their income went on schools, almshouses , and the poor, and their charity attracted so many beggars that there was bad feeling in the village.
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